The Best of Cold Chillin' Goin' Off + The Biz Never Sleeps (2 CDs) [Explicit Lyrics, Original recording reissued, Import]

Biz Markie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Explicit Lyrics, Original recording reissued, Import
• Label: Landscape Germany
• ASIN: B00005J71H
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #402,492 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #89 in Music > Indie Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > East Coast

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Pickin' Boogers

2. Albee Square Mall

3. Biz Is Goin' Off

4. Return of the Biz Dance

5. Vapors

6. Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz

7. Biz Dance, Pt. 1

8. Nobody Beats the Biz

9. This Is Something for the Radio

10. Cool V's Tribute to Scratching

Disc: 2

1. Dedication

2. Check It Out

3. The Dragon

4. Spring Again

5. Just a Friend

6. She's Not Just Another Woman [Monique]

7. Mudd Foot

8. Me Versus Me

9. My Man Rich

10. I Hear Music

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Biz in Harmony, May 3, 2002

By 

dwyane wilson (plymouth, mn United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Cold Chillin' Goin' Off + The Biz Never Sleeps (2 CDs) (Audio CD)

These two cds were Biz at his best. Goin' Off featuring the vastly underrated TJ Swan and Biz Never Sleeps perfectly captures the Emmazaa-A-R-KIE reaching his zenith. My Man Rich, Biz in Harmony, Things Get Easier, Make the Music, Albee Square Mall, etc. There's probably only two songs maximum that didn't age well between the two LPs. I love all of the monikers that he calls himself on Never Sleeps. To this day I haven't been able to decipher them all. I'd remembered Goin' Off as a classic but for some reason had forgotten about the hidden treasure that was Never Sleeps. It somehow got overlooked during the all Gangsta or all Daisy age of hip-hop. I had to cop this one as soon as I spotted it. A hall of fame cd for a hall of fame artist.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great New Package From The Biz..., July 22, 2001

By 

Zachary Wagner (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Cold Chillin' Goin' Off + The Biz Never Sleeps (2 CDs) (Audio CD)

Long before The Biz was busting ryhmes and clowin' with the Beastie Boys, he was a solo Rap artist with an affinity for boogers, as is the case with the hilarious song "Pickin' Boogers". However, often The Biz comes off as an off key Cassanova with "Just A Friend". Unfortunately, his music stylings have often been taken as a joke, which obstructs the listener from discovering the beauty in his prose. This package (I call it that because it contains no new material but two albums in one case) feature's The Biz's 1989 release "Biz Never Sleeps" which is aptly titled because the ryhmes flow together and create a unified album. This package should get a 5 just for Biz Never Sleeps, but Goin Off drags it down a little more as this diamond in the rough was not quite polished to perfection.

All and all I recommend this CD to all the old schoolers, and MCs.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars man, if u ain't up on biz yet, you betta cop this cd!, February 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best of Cold Chillin' Goin' Off + The Biz Never Sleeps (2 CDs) (Audio CD)

this is a phat collection to get, its 2 of biz's classic albums for the price of one! biz is dope! listen to biz markie if u like tight rymes, good beats.... get the other 2 albums "i neef a haircut" and "all samples cleared" after you get this 2 album comp. then get some slick rick cd's, then we can talk